If you like reliving geek history, put these on your bucket list of places to see

The Eiffel Tower, the Great Wall of China, the Colosseum in Rome -- these are among the places that many say you should see at least once in your life. But if you're somebody who's into computers, math, science, or science fiction, then your list of must-see places may include some other -- geekier -- locations. ITworld has put together a list of 15 places where something historically geeky occurred and that are accessible to the public. To help plan your visits, we've created a Google map with all of these locations marked.

People who prefer to know their time and location with high precision will want to visit the Royal Observatory Greenwich. The observatory was founded in 1675 by King Charles II to help solve the problem of determining one's longitude (east-west location) at sea. It's most famous today for being the site of the prime meridian (0° longitude). It's also the site where Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) was derived, which was the global time standard until Jan. 1, 1972, when it was replaced by Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Computer geeks, of course, know UTC well, as it's the official time standard of the Internet. The observatory is open from 10:00am to 5:00pm daily -- GMT, of course.

Route 66 is famous for being one of America's first highways, eventually stretching from Chicago to Santa Monica. While "The Main Street of America" gave birth to a famous song and TV show, it also gave birth to Microsoft. In 1975 founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen set up shop in the Sundowner Motel to write a BASIC interpreter for the new MITS Altair 8800 microcomputer, which was eventually released as Altair BASIC. Microsoft moved to Washington in 1979 and the Sundowner closed in 2009, and it's currently being renovated using federal funds to be turned into apartments for veterans, homeless, and special needs residents. Needless to say, the motel has lots of windows.

In 1976, this nondescript California house (which at the time was 11161 Crist Drive) was owned by Paul and Clara Jobs and became the birthplace of Apple. The Jobs' adopted son, Steve, founded Apple along with Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne on April Fool's Day, 1976. (Wayne, who helped design the original Apple logo, sold his 10% share in the company less than 2 weeks later for $800.) Apple began in a spare bedroom of the house before it was moved to the garage. The first 50 Apple I computers were built here -- one of which recently sold for $671,000. If you take a selfie there, have some respect and don't do it with an Android phone.

Not so long ago (35+ years), in a galaxy not so far away (this one), the Hôtel Sidi Driss in Tunisia served as the (interior) setting of Luke Skywalker's boyhood home in Star Wars. The hotel is a centuries-old Berber housewhere you can actually stay and feel The Force be with you (note: not guaranteed).

While you're in Tunisia, you may as well also swing a few hundred kilometers west to Chott el Jerid, a salt flat where the exterior shots were filmed and some of the original sets are still standing. We don't know if the Hôtel Sidi Driss is pet-friendly, so, just to be sure, leave your Wookie at home.

Fans of movies about hacking should be sure to make a pilgrimage to southern California to the 7-Eleven featured in the movie WarGames. In this 1983 classic, Matthew Broderick played teenaged computer whiz David Lightman, who hacks into a NORAD computer and almost starts World War III. When the feds finally catch up to him, they do so outside this 7-Eleven. Hardcore WarGames fanatics may also want to bid on the actual computer used in the movie. If you visit the 7-Eleven, buy yourself a Slurpee and relive the movie moment in the parking lot -- unless you have something to hide from the feds, in which case you should probably stay away.

If you're a fan of fantasy books and movies, as most geeks are, you will definitely want to visit Hobbiton, the set of the fictional middle earth village in the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies. Built on a 1,200-acre family farm in New Zealand, Hobbiton fell into disrepair after the LOTR trilogy was finished, but was restored on a more permanent basis for the Hobbit prequels. Hobbiton is the most popular of numerous LOTR-related sites you can visit in New Zealand. Be warned, though: If you go there because you have a thing for small, hairy creatures, the only ones you'll see are the 13,000 sheep that also live on the farm.

The next time you're in Cambridge, Massachusetts, be sure to drop in for a slice at Pinocchio's, Mark Zuckerberg's favorite college pizza place. Reportedly, the Zuck would often hang out here late at night talking about -- what else? -- "computer stuff." Zuckerberg has been known to visit the tiny restaurant in Harvard Square when in town, and has been commemorated with his picture on the wall. After eating there, be sure to walk off some of the calories by strolling past nearby Kirkland House where Zuckerberg lived as an undergraduate and was the birthplace of Facebook. If you have heartburn from the pizza, don't worry; there's a CVS nearby.

Nothing historically geeky has happened here yet. But it will on March 22, 2233 (Stardate 1277.1) when it becomes the birthplace of Star Trek's Captain James T. Kirk. The exact location of his birth is still unknown (odds are the hospital doesn't yet exist). But you can see the plaque commemorating (er, prememorating?) the event, which for some reason lists a different birth year from the accepted one; a model of the USS Riverside, which looks a lot like you-know-what; and the Voyage Home Museum. There's also the annual Trekfest for hardcore Trekkies. Getting here may still take you a little while because, like Captain Kirk, warp speed doesn't exist yet.